Little Leap Forward : a boy in Beijing
Yue, Guo, 1958-2011
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It is the summer of 1966, and Little Leap Forward and his friends are growing up in Beijing. One day Little Leap Forward catches a bird. He keeps the bird in a cage and tries to teach it to sing. But his pet is silent - what can he do? Then the Red Guards arrive, and Little Leap Forward sees things in a new light.
Main title:
Little Leap Forward : a boy in Beijing / by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow ; illustrated by Helen Cann.
Imprint:
Bath : Barefoot, 2011.
Collation:
128 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2008.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781846865381 (pbk)1846865387 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.9'2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
99789
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